99--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY - COMPACT ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley Research Center has developed a point sensor and piezoelectric actuatorsystem to actively sense and reduce vibrations in flexible structures. Miniatureaccelerometers sense vibration and feed signals to control circuits that condition andamplify the signal. Interdigitated electrodes in the actuator apply an in-plane voltagedifferential across the piezoelectric material, causing compressive stress contrary tothe vibration of the structure. This active damping system can reduce vibrations inaircraft windows, thereby reducing cabin noise, or help stabilize large, flexible spacestructures.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail: [email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.